Effectiveness of X-ray and computed tomography screening for assessing pulmonary involvement in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 961-966

  Leong, S C L ^a,b   Javed, F ^a   Elliot, S ^a   Mortimore, S ^a  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer Tomography; Head and Neck Cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LESION; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50049100155     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107001296     Document Type: Article

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